LATEST RELEASES
Accentus, Latvian Radio Choir & Laurence Equilbey
Strauss: A Cappella (Deutsche Motette op.62, Zwei Gesänge op.43 etc)
V5194 CD NAÏVE £13.00
Acclaimed choral and orchestral conductor, Laurence Equilbey, conducts the Latvian Radio Choir along with her own fantastic professional ensemble, Accentus, in a recording showcasing the brilliance of Richard Strauss’ choral music. The chamber choir Accentus was founded by Laurence Equilbey in 1991, and is now recognised as one of the leading ensembles in Europe. Accentus' recording of Fauré’s Requiem, released last year, was shortlisted for the 2009 Gramophone Awards in the 'Choral' category.
David Greilsammer & Suedama Ensemble Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 22 & 24
V5184 CD NAÏVE £13.00
The young, articulate and passionate Israeli pianist, David Greilsammer, returns to Naïve with his much anticipated third album for the label, featuring Mozart’s Piano Concertos Nos. 22 and 24. David Greilsammer conducts from the keyboard, offering a highly personal all around vision of Mozart’s works. The 22nd and 24th piano concertos are some of the best loved of Mozart’s compositions. In 2008, David Greilsammer amazed the press and public when he performed the complete Mozart Piano Sonatas in a oneday marathon in Paris, and again at the Verbier Festival.
Anne Gastinel & Pablo Márquez Ibérica - Music by Manuel de Falla, Gaspar Cassadó, Enrique Granados
V5182 CD NAÏVE £13.00
The highly acclaimed French cellist Anne Gastinel collaborates with the follow up to her successful Schubert Sonatas and Bach Suites albums sees Gastinel select the pieces and arrange them for cello. The recording includes Spanish Classical music standards by Enrique Granados, Manuel de Falla and Gaspar Cassadó. Anne Gastinel records exclusively for Naïve, each new release is hailed by the international press and showered with awards.
RECENT RELEASES
AM181 David Grimal Bach: Sonatas & Partitas & CD2 + DVD £23.50
Brice Pauset: Kontrapartita
David Grimal, one of the leading French violinists of his generation, releases his third recital for Ambroisie featuring Bach’s solo sonatas and partitas interspersed with the world premiere recording of a piece by exciting young French composer, Brice Pauset. The release also includes a bonus DVD of David Grimal playing Bach’s stunning Partita No.2 in D minor, BWV 1004 featuring the monumental and hugely popular ‘Chaconne’.
AM152 Christophe Rousset Rameau: Les Indes Galantes CD £13.00
The remarkable French harpsichordist Christophe Rousset tackles Rameau’s relatively unknown instrumental transcription of his popular opéra-ballet, Les Indes Galantes. Rousset is one of the finest and most exciting harpsichordists today, and as a conductor is a leader in the late 20th century revival of French Baroque music. He has won critical accolades for his extraordinary command of the harpsichord repertory.
AM138 Dietrich Henschel & Fritz Schwinghammer
Schubert: Schwanengesang & Lieder CD £13.00
German baritone Dietrich Henschel, acknowledged as one of today’s foremost interpreters of the lied, records a stunning programme of Schubert lieder, including his posthumously issued collection of lieder known as ‘Schwanengesang’, accompanied by award-winning pianist, Fritz Schwinghammer. The recital touches on the very essence of the Romantic soul, somewhere between bitter dreams and heartrending sorrows.
V5189 Various Violon X - Extreme Violin
(Yossif Ivanov, Fabio Biondi, Evgueni Bushkov etc) CD £11.29
A wonderful celebration of the world of the violin. This anthology showcases the magic produced when the instrument is played by a master, as it is on every single track here, by such well-known virtuosi as Fabio Biondi, Sergey Khachatryan, Yossif Ivanov, Enrico Onofri, Régis Pasquier, Manfredo Kraemer and Evgueni Bushkov.
LC5 Quatuor Mosaïques / Christophe Coin / Ensemble Baroques de Limoges
Boëly: String Quartet, Trio, Sextet etc CD £13.00
A fascinating release featuring chamber music by the largely unknown Alexandre Pierre François Boëly (1785 - 1858) played the award-winning and internationally acclaimed Ensemble Baroque de Limoges, directed by Christophe Coin, Quatuor Mosaïques and by cellist Coin himself.
AM182 Ensemble Orchestral de Paris & John Nelson
Mozart: Symphonies Nos 31, 39, 40, & 41 CD2 £23.50
John Nelson, one of the world’s most versatile and accomplished conductors, also a great interpreter of this repertoire, conducts the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris in this 2-CD release of some of Mozart’s most famous symphonies including the G minor, ‘Paris’ and ‘Jupiter’ Symphonies.
AM132 Al Ayre Espanol & Eduardo Lopez Banzo Handel: Rodrigo CD3 £23.50
A new edition of one of Handel’s Italian period masterpieces, Rodrigo, featuring an exceptional cast headed by Maria Riccarda Wesserling, Max Emanuel Cencic and María Bayo and Sharon Rostorf-Zamir, with Al Ayre Español directed by Eduardo López Banzo in an interpretation which will undoubtedly lead to a new understanding of the opera.
OP30479 Norwegian National Opera Orchestra / Rinaldo Alessandrini
Mozart: Operatic Overtures CD £11.20
Naïve continues its collaboration with renowned conductor, Rinaldo Alessandrini, which sees him lead the Norwegian National Opera Orchestra (of which he is Principal Guest Conductor) in an exciting release featuring the overtures, and a few other orchestral pieces, from Mozart’s operas. For such a well-represented recording artist, this is somewhat surprisingly Alessandrini’s first CD with an orchestra playing on modern instruments.
OP30472 Lorenzo Regazzo, Concerto Italiano & Rinaldo Alessandrini
Handel: Operatic Arias CD £13.00
For the Handel anniversary, world-renowned bass Lorenzo Regazzo, one of the finest singers of his generation, performs a recital of operatic arias from some 30 years of Handelian repertory. Extracts from Siroe, Orlando, Agrippina, Serse and Alcina amongst others, beautifully illustrate the way Handel wrote for the bass voice, and demonstrates how he required singers in this register to perform feats immeasurably more challenging than those called for by other composers of the period. Regazzo is sensitively accompanied by Concerto Italiano under the direction of Rinaldo Alessandrini.
OP30474 Duilio M. Galfetti, I Barocchisti & Diego Fasolis
Vivaldi: Violin Concertos Vol. 3 - 'Il Ballo' CD £13.00
Naïve releases the third volume dedicated to Vivaldi’s violin concertos in its groundbreaking project, the Vivaldi Edition. Multi award-winning violinist Duilio Galfetti is accompanied by renowned early music ensemble I Barocchisti under the direction of Diego Fasolis.
V5179 François-Frédéric Guy, Philippe Jordan & Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3 CD £13.00
The third and final volume in the complete recordings of Beethoven’s Piano Concerti, by François-Frédéric Guy and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France under Philipe Jordan. François-Frédéric Guy is now firmly established as a pianist of immense interpretative authority and superlative technique, especially admired in music of the Austro-German tradition. One of his previous recordings for Näive was recently declared the best available by BBC Radio 3’s Building a Library.
V5162 Various Les Musiques de Picasso -
Albéniz, Granados, Satie, Stravinsky, Ravel, Mompou CD2 £13.00
‘The Music of Picasso’ takes the listener on a wonderful journey illustrating the influence of music upon Picasso’s life and career. From Flamenco to Satie, from Stravinsky to Granados, the music presented on this double CD are pieces Picasso liked to hear and sing, music for which he conceived sets and texts, and finally works which directly evoke aspects of his imaginative universe. They are gathered in this set to give a new light on the work of this immense artist.
V5159 Marie-Nicole Lemieux / Daniel Blumenthal
Schumann: Frauenlieben und Leben & Liederkreis CD £13.00
Critically acclaimed Canadian contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux, who records exclusively for Naïve, releases her second solo recording for the label featuring a selection of fine lieder and two major song cycles by Schumann. She is accompanied by American pianist, Daniel Blumenthal, and is currently appearing in Verdi’s Falstaff at Glyndebourne.
Veronica Cangemi & Una Stella Ensemble
Italia 1600, Argentina 1900 OP30466 CD £13.00
This is the first solo recording by the Argentinean soprano Veronica Cangemi. She is already well-known for her stunning performances in two award-winning recordings of Vivaldi operas, Griselda and Orlando Furioso, which have been released in Naïve’s “Vivaldi Edition”. On this CD she sings a selection of songs and arias from the baroque period by Porpora, Vivaldi, and Monteverdi amongst others, alongside 20th century pieces from her native South America by Piazzola, Guastavino, and Villa-Lobos. She is accompanied by the Una Stella Ensemble.
David Grimal & Georges Pludermacher Europa -
Music for Violin & Piano (Janacek) AM163 CD £13.00
Europa is a collection of works for violin and piano that were written in central Europe during the first part of the 20th century including the Hungarian composer Bartók’s First Rhapsody, the Czech composer Janáček’s Sonata, the Polish composer Szymanowski’s “Myths”, and the Rumanian composer Enesco’s Third Sonata are pieces that reflect their strong links to their national musical heritage. The performers are the talented French violinist David Grimal and pianist Georges Pludermacher.
Fazil Say, Lucerne SO, John Axelrod Fazil Say: 1001 Nights in Harlem V5147 CD £13.00 & Patricia Kopatchinskaja
The Turkish pianist/composer Fazıl Say has forged a major international reputation as both performer and recording artist. He has released acclaimed CDs for Naïve of Gershwin, Bach, Stravinsky and Mozart – and also a disc of his own music, Black Earth (V5153). His new work, 1001 Nights in the Harem, a violin concerto based on the collection of fairytales “One Thousand and One Nights, was commissioned by the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra for the disc’s soloist, Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Say’s other featured pieces are Alla Turka Jazz, Patara Ballet, and Summertime Fantasy.
Ensemble Matheus & Jean-Christophe Spinosi
Vivaldi: La Fida Ninfa – Opera in 3 Acts OP30410 CD3 £23.50
Vivaldi’s 1732 opera La Fida Ninfa is the ninth in Naive’s ongoing “Vivaldi Edition”, and the fourth to feature Ensemble Matheus and its musical director Jean-Christophe Spinosi. In 2007 their recording of Griselda won a BBC Music Magazine Award. The stellar cast on this world premiere recording includes Lorenzo Regazzo, Veronica Cangemi, Philippe Jaroussky, Sandrine Piau, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Topi Lehtipuu, and Sara Mingardo.
Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble & Marc Minkowski
J. S. Bach: Mass in B Minor V5145 CD2 £23.50
Last year, the esteemed conductor Marc Minkowski joined Naïve for a long-term collaboration, beginning with a universally acclaimed recording of the stage music of Georges Bizet (V5130). In this new release he conducts Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble and a wonderful cast of singers, including Lucy Crowe, Nathalie Stutzmann and Colin Balzer, in a version of J S Bach’s choral masterpiece the Mass in B Minor that features 10 voices rather than the usual full choir.
Sandrine Piau, Sara Mingardo & Concerto Italiano
Handel: Opera Arias & Duets OP30483 CD £13.00
Two of today’s most accomplished and critically acclaimed interpreters of early and baroque music, the singers Sara Mingardo and Sandrine Piau, combine for this new recording of arias and duos from Handel’s operas Radamisto, Flavio, Poro, Tamerlano, Rinaldo, Orlando, Alessandro, Deidamia, Amadigi, and Ottone. They are accompanied by the world-renowned Concerto Italiano and its conductor Rinaldo Alessandrini in a recording that will be Gramophone Disc of the Month in July’s issue.
Modo Antiquo & Federico Maria Sardelli
Vivaldi: New Discoveries OP30480 CD £13.00
The content of this new disc of Vivaldi rarites is very diverse, ranging from a motet, which is performed by the mezzo-soprano Romina Basso, to an Oboe Concerto, a Recorder Concerto, arias and other gems. The music, which has been compiled by acknowledged Vivaldi expert Frederico Maria Sardelli, also features oboist Paulo Pollastri, the violinist Enrico Casazza, and the cellist Bettina Hoffmann.
Yossif Ivanov Shostakovich: Violin Con. 1 AM175 CD £13.00
Bartok: Violin Conc 2
Award winning Belgian-born violinist Yossif Ivanov follows last year’s acclaimed debut disc for Naïve, Con Passione (AM136), with a recording of two of the greatest violin concertos of the 20th century, the first concerto of Dmitri Shostakovich, and the second of Béla Bartók. He is joined on this new release by the Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra and the conductor Pinchas Steinberg.
F-F GUY / ORCH. PHIL.RADIO FRANCE / JORDAN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 / Quintet CD V5148 £13.00
This new recording of Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto coupled with the early Quintet for piano and wind instruments, Op 16 is the second in a cycle performed by the highly-rated French pianist François-Frédéric Guy with Philippe Jordan conducting the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. The first release, which featured the First and Fifth Concertos, received glowing reviews in the music press.
ROYAL FLEMISH PHILHARMONIC / ZWEDEN
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 CD AM171 £13.00
Dmitri Shostakovich’s great Fifth Symphony is here given fresh insight by the Royal Flemish Philharmonic (De Filharmonie) under the baton of its chief conductor Jaap van Zweden, an ensemble and conductor making their debut for Naïve/Ambroisie with the first of three Shostakovich recordings.
VIOLAINE COCHARD - HARPSICHORD
François Couperin: Ordres for Harpsichord 2CD AM154 £23.50
The harpsichordist Violaine Cochard, a founder member of the award-winning ensemble Amarillis, performs some of the most quintessential keyboard works of the early 18th century, the Pièces de Clavecin by the French composer François Couperin, on an outstanding renovated 17th century instrument. The disc complements the Couperin pieces on Cochard’s highly-praised 2006 recording.
QUATUOR MOSAÏQUES
Haydn: String Quartets Vol 1 - Op 20 & 33 5 x CD E8923 £23.50
These recordings of Haydn’s String Quartets by the multi-award winning Quatuor Mosaïques are considered to be a benchmark in authentic instrument performance, and have now been gathered together in two specially priced 5CD boxed sets. The quartet will play all the Op 20 works at the Wigmore Hall next May as part of the Haydn bicentenary celebrations.
QUATUOR MOSAÏQUES
Haydn: String Quartets Vol 2 - Op 64, 76, 77, 103 5 x CD E8924 £23.50
These recordings of Haydn’s String Quartets by the multi-award winning Quatuor MosaÏques are considered to be a benchmark in authentic instrument performance, and have now been gathered together in two specially-priced 5CD boxed sets. The quartet will perform the Op 77 and 103 works at the Wigmore Hall next May as part of the Haydn bicentenary celebrations.
IL SEMINARIO MUSICALE / CONC. ITALIANO etc. Histoires Sacrées - Bach / Beethoven etc. 4CD V5155 £13.00
This new specially-priced 4CD boxed set features outstanding recordings by some of the leading European ensembles of our day such as Concerto Italiano and Il Seminario Musicale. The sacred works presented include Motets by J.S. Bach, Cantatas by Vivaldi, Beethoven’s “Christ on the Mountain of Olives”, and Charpentier’s “Trois Histoires Sacrées”.
ENS. INTERCONTEMPORAIN/BOULEZ/LORIOD etc.
Messiaen: Transfiguration / Canyons etc. 6CD MO782179 £24.35
This specially-priced 6CD set, being released to mark the centenary of the birth of Olivier Messiaen, gathers together a series of recordings of some of his greatest works, including “Visions de L’Amen”, “Des Canyons aux Etoiles”, and “La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ”. Artists featured include renowned Messiaen interpreters, Pierre Boulez and Yvonne Loriod.
CONCERTO ITALIANO/R ALESSANDRINI
Pergolesi: Messa Romana / Scarlatti: Messa Per il Santa Natale CD OP30461 £13.00
The multi award-winning combination of Rinaldo Alessandrini and Concerto Italiano here perform two glorious but rarely-recorded sacred works of the early 18th century, Pergolesi’s Messa Romana and Alessandro Scarlatti’s Messa Per Il Santissimo Natale.
ACCENTUS / L. EQUILBEY Faure: Requiem (Original Version), etc. CD V5137 £13.00
One of the most enduring works in the choral music repertoire, Fauré’s Requiem, is here performed by one of France’s most prestigious ensembles, the choral group Accentus under its conductor Laurence Equilbey. This combination recorded the CD “Transcriptions” which has sold over 100,000 copies since its release. The new disc also features the renowned soloists Sandrine Piau and Stephane Degout.
AL AYRE ESPANOL / LOPEZ BANZO Handel: Rodrigo 3CD AM132 £23.50
Following the acclaimed Ambroisie recording of Amadigi by the same conductor comes a new edition of one of Handel’s Italian period masterpieces, Rodrigo. It features an exceptional cast headed by Maria Riccarda Wesserling, Max Emanuel Cencic and María Bayo, with Al Ayre Español directed by Eduardo López Banzo, giving an interpretation which will undoubtedly lead to a new understanding of the opera.
VANESSA WAGNER Variations:
Piano Music of Haydn, Rachmaninov, CD AM134 £13.00
Berio, Rameau & Brahms
The programme of pieces put together for this CD by the highly talented pianist Vanessa Wagner is based around musical “variations” in all its forms through the ages. The earliest work featured is Rameau’s “Gavotte Variée” and the most recent Berio’s “Cinque Variazioni”. Also included are Rachmaninov’s celebrated “Corelli Variations”, Brahms’ “Variations on a theme of Schumann”, and Haydn’s “Variations in F Minor”.
HOPKINSON SMITH Il Divino: Music of Francesco da Milano CD E8921 £13.00
The American lutenist Hopkinson Smith forged his reputation during a ten-year collaboration with the internationally renowned early music group Hesperion XX and its founder Jordi Savall. He has gone on to produce many critically-acclaimed releases including a disc of arrangements of J S Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, which the Gramophone called “...the best recording of these works on any instrument”. His latest CD features the music of the 16th century composer Francesco Da Milano.
SIRBA OCTET/ISABELLE GEORGES From Shtetl To New York CD AM173 £13.00
Following on from its popular disc of Jewish folk music, “A Yiddishe Mame”, released last year (AM128), the Sirba Octet here perform a fascinating selection of music that was a direct result of the mass immigration to the USA, and particularly New York, during the first part of the 20th century. Drawing inspiration from their cultural roots, composers such as George Gershwin and Irving Berlin brought with them a new sound that soon took over the music scene of the time. The CD also features a leading lady of many musicals, the French singer Isabelle Georges
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